<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>vfs_netatalk</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" title="vfs_netatalk"><a name="vfs_netatalk.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>vfs_netatalk &#8212; hide .AppleDouble files from CIFS clients</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">vfs objects = netatalk</code></p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a name="id266339"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This VFS module is part of the
	<a class="citerefentry" href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The <code class="literal">vfs_netatalk</code> VFS module dynamically
	hides .AppleDouble files, preventing spurious errors on some
	CIFS clients. .AppleDouble files may be created by historic
	implementations of AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) on servers. </p><p>This module is stackable.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="EXAMPLES"><a name="id266828"></a><h2>EXAMPLES</h2><p>Hide .AppleDouble files on the [data] share:</p><pre class="programlisting">
        <em class="parameter"><code>[data]</code></em>
	<a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#VFSOBJECTS" target="_top">vfs objects = netatalk</a>
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="CAVEATS"><a name="id266858"></a><h2>CAVEATS</h2><p>This module is largely historic and unlikely to be of use
	in modern networks since current Apple systems are able to mount CIFS
	shares natively.
	</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="VERSION"><a name="id266869"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.
	</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="AUTHOR"><a name="id266879"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities
	were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
	by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
	to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p></div></div></body></html>
